Indonesia's forest fires are emerging as a global threat and driving a
public health emergency. Seen through the eyes of locals, 'Forest fire
families' portrays the devastation the fires and smoky haze have on
ordinary people.
Indonesia's forests are the third largest in the
world and its swamp-like peatlands are one of the world's biggest carbon
stores. But decades of forest clearance to make way for industrial
scale plantations is creating a tinderbox.
Smoke from these fires add
to air pollution and can be attributed to an average of 110,000 deaths
per year. Business as usual cannot continue.
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